Derek Jacobi
Known for: Acting
Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Jacobi is known for his work at the Royal National Theatre and for his film and television roles. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Derek Jacobi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Professor Yana
2005
Series
Frasier
Jackson Hedley
1993
Series
NOVA
Voice of Ernest Shackleton
1974
Series
The Crown
Duke of Windsor
2016
Film
Gladiator
Gracchus
2000
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
The Amazing World of Gumball
Narrator (voice)
2011
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Colonel Protheroe
2004
Series
Minder
Freddie Fenton
1979
Series
Horizon
Narrator
1964
Film
Gladiator II
Gracchus
2024
Series
The Sandman
Erasmus Fry
2022
Series
Good Omens
The Metatron
2019
Series
Good Omens
Metatron
2019
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
The Stranger
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Drioli
1979
Film
Heartstopper Forever
Pete
2026
Series
Inside No. 9
Webster
2014
Film
Cinderella
King
2015
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
The Borgias
Cardinal Orsini
2011
Film
Tomb Raider
Mr. Yaffe
2018
Series
ITV Playhouse
Gerry
1967
Film
The King's Speech
Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Edward Henry Masterman
2017
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
William Drew
1971
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Film
The Golden Compass
Magisterial Emissary
2007
Series
ScreenPlay
George Salisbury
1986
Series
Ludwig
Mr. Todd
2024
Series
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael
1994
Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Film
Nanny McPhee
Mr. Wheen
2005
Series
Les Misérables
Bishop Myriel
2018
Series
I, Claudius
Claudius
1976
Film
Underworld: Evolution
Alexander Corvinus
2006
Series
In the Night Garden
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Gosford Park
Probert
2001
Series
Budgie
Herbert Fletcher
1971
Series
The Pallisers
Lord Fawn
1974
Film
The Day of the Jackal
Inspector Caron
1973
Series
Baseball
Various (voice)
1994
Series
Baseball
(voice)
1994
Series
The Civil War
William Russell / Various (voice)
1990
Series
Jason and the Argonauts
Phineas
2000
Series
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Lord Pirrie
2012
Film
The Secret of NIMH
Nicodemus (voice)
1982
Film
Tolkien
Professor Joseph Wright
2019
Series
Vicious
Stuart Bixby
2013
Series
The Jury
George Cording QC
2002
Series
Last Tango in Halifax
Alan
2012
Film
Come Away
Mr. Brown
2020
Film
Ironclad
Cornhill
2011
Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jeremy Fisher (voice)
1992
Film
Hereafter
Derek Jacobi
2010
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Richard II
1978
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Hamlet
1978
Series
Henry VIII
Narrator
2003
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Film
Anonymous
Prologue
2011
Film
My Week with Marilyn
Sir Owen Morshead
2011
Film
Dead Again
Franklyn Madson
1991
Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986
Film
Hamlet
King Claudius
1996
Film
The Body
Father Lavelle
2001
Film
Henry V
Chorus
1989
Series
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
Narrator
2019
Series
The West
Self (voice)
1996
Series
Affairs of the Heart
Bertram Braddle
1974
Series
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka
The Master (voice)
2003
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Adolf Hitler
1982
Series
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Narrator
2021
Film
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996
Series
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Daedalus
1991
Series
Shakespeare Uncovered
Himself
2012
Film
Grace of Monaco
Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014
Film
Effie Gray
Travers Twiss
2014
Film
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Claudius
2019
Series
The Long Firm
Lord Edward 'Teddy' Thursby
2004
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dom Claude
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Archibald Craven
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Imposter
1951
Series
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Sir Ralph Unwin
2023
Film
The Gathering Storm
Stanley Baldwin
2002
Series
The American Buffalo
(voice)
2023
Film
A Bird Flew In
David
2022
Film
Stratton
Ross
2017
Film
Moss & Freud
Lucian Freud
2026
Film
Little Dorrit
Arthur Clennam
1987
Series
Mr Pye
Mr Pye
1986
Series
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
2009
Film
The Odessa File
Klaus Wenzer
1974
London
Tacitus
2004
Film
The Medusa Touch
Townley - Publisher
1978
Film
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Gracchus (Gladiator) (archive footage)
2002
Film
Juliet & Romeo
The Friar
2025
Film
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Father Leonor Fousnel
1999
Film
The History of Love
Leopold Gursky
2016
Series
U-Boat Wargamers
Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven
1987
Film
Tinsel Town
Albert
2025
Film
Enigma
Kurt Limmer
1982
Film
Broken English
The Narrator
2026
Film
There Be Dragons
Honorio
2011
Film
The Tenth Man
The Imposter
1988
Film
Basil
Father Frederick
1998
Film
The Human Factor
Arthur Davis
1979
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dom Claude Frollo
1982
Film
Up at the Villa
Lucky Leadbetter
2000
Film
Guantanamero
Guido
2007
Film
The Host
Dr. Hobson
2020
Film
Strings
Nezo
2004
Film
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher (voice)
1994
Film
Last Will. & Testament
Himself
2012
Film
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Series
Armchair Theatre
Eric
1956
Film
The Martini Shot
Errol
2023
Film
Adam Resurrected
Dr. Nathan Gross
2008
Film
The Old Curiosity Shop
Grandfather
2007
Film
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
2002
Film
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Self
2024
Film
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Hordedef (voice)
1989
Film
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
1998
Film
A Bunch of Amateurs
Nigel Dewberry
2008
Film
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Brother Cadfael
1994
Film
Venom
Narrator
2015
Film
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Pierre (voice)
1986
Film
Othello
Cassio
1965
Film
Revelation
Librarian
2001
Film
Say Your Prayers
Father Enoch
2021
Film
Charlotte
Daberlohn
1981
Film
Hamlet
Hamlet
1980
Film
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Guy Burgess
1977
Diamonds
2009
Film
Aladdin
The Magician (voice)
1992
Series
Man of Straw
Diederich Hessling
1972
Film
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
2002
Film
Achilles
Narrator
1995
Film
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
Film
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
2016
Film
Monk's Hood
Brother Cadfael
1994
Film
Endgame
Rudolph Agnew
2009
Film
Muse
The Lawyer
2019
Frank and Percy
Circles of Deceit
Randal
1993
Film
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Quentin Neely
2009
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
The Master (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Secret Garden
Archibald Craven (voice)
1994
Film
Blue Blood
Gregory
1974
Film
Allelujah
Ambrose
2023
Film
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Lord Palmerston
2019
Film
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
2005
Film
The Devil of Christmas
2016
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Don John
1967
Film
The Chimes
Narrator
1999
Film
National Theatre Live: King Lear
King Lear
2011
Film
Great Escape: The Untold Story
Narrator
2001
Film
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Pinochet in Suburbia
Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006
Olivier Talks About Othello
(archive footage)
1965
Film
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
2002
Film
Revengers Tragedy
The Duke
2002
Film
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
1978
Film
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Claudius/Spooner
2013
Film
Two Men Went To War
Maj. Merton
2002
Film
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
2018
Film
Discovering Hamlet
Himself
1990
Film
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Narrator ( voice )
1998
Film
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Scrooge
2017
Film
Richard II
King Richard II
1978
Film
The Statue of Liberty
Self (voice)
1985
Film
Breaking the Code
Alan Turing
1996
Film
Margot
Fred Ashton
2009
Wilfred
Voice
2000
Film
Charles Dickens's England
Himself - Presenter
2009
Film
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
Martin Beck
1980
Film
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Narrator(voice)
2005
Film
The Gospel of Luke
Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2015
Film
One Corpse Too Many
Brother Cadfael
1994
The Fool
Mr. Frederick / Sir John
1990
Film
The Riddle
The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007
The Velvet Claw
Narrator
1992
Film
Three Sisters
Andrei
1970
Film
The Wyvern Mystery
Squire Fairfield
2000
Film
Sidney Turtlebaum
Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
Film
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
Film
Joe Maddison's War
Mr. Simpson
2010
The Fishing Match
Eric
1962
Film
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2022
Film
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004
Film
The Dinosaur Hunters
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
David Macaulay: Roman City
Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1994
Film
Jail Caesar
Sulla
2012
Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye
1986
Lead Heads
Film
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
President
2007
Film
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
Narrator
2008
Film
Witness Against Hitler
General
1996
Film
David Macaulay: Mill Times
Priam Huntington (voice)
2001
Film
On Wings of Fire
Self
1986
Film
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus (voice)
2001
Film
The Congress
(voice)
1989
Film
Bye Bye Blackbird
Lord Dempsey
2005
Film
The Virgin in the Ice
Brother Cadfael
1995
Film
Inquisition
Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002
Film
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
Narrator (voice)
2013
The Man Who Tried to Steal an Island
Narrator
2013
Film
Diamonds
Piers Denmont
2009
Film
The Art of Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
2007
Film
The Halloween Kid
Narrator
2012
Venom! Nine Ways to Die
Narrator
Film
One of Those Days
Howard Whittam
2008
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Himself
2020
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Victor
2004
Film
The Leper of St. Giles
Brother Cadfael
1994
Film
Breaking The Codes
2020
Anastezsi
Balzer
2007
Film
You
Man
2013
Film
Pearl Islands
Self
2022
Film
The Vision Thing
George Salisbury
1993
Film
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Stranger in Town
The Stranger
1982
2018: A Year in the Life of a Year
2018